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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * MACCALLUM DAVID H   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VITAL SIGNS INC [VITL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O VITAL SIGNS, INC, 20 CAMPUS RD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/30/2008 (Street) TOTOWA, NJ 07512 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 10/30/2008   D(1)   1,700 D $ 74.5 0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Common Stock Options (right to buy)

$ 32.63

10/30/2008

D(2)

8,000

(3)

05/04/2014

Common Stock

8,000

$ 0

0

D

Common Stock Options (right to buy)

$ 39.66

10/30/2008

D(2)

9,000 (4)

(3)

05/09/2015

Common Stock

9,000

$ 0

0

D

Common Stock Options (right to buy)

$ 49.98

10/30/2008

D(2)

6,000

(5)

07/05/2016

Common Stock

6,000

$ 0

0

D

Common Stock Options (right to buy)

$ 52.11

10/30/2008

D(2)

6,000

(6)

02/01/2017

Common Stock

6,000

$ 0

0

D

Common Stock Options (right to buy)

$ 52.56

10/30/2008

D(2)

6,000

(7)

05/08/2018

Common Stock

6,000

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MACCALLUM DAVID H C/O VITAL SIGNS, INC 20 CAMPUS RD TOTOWA, NJ 07512	X

Signatures

/s/ David H. MacCallum, By: Laura R. Kuntz, Esq., Attorney-in-Fact		10/30/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

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**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") dated July 23, 2008 by and among General Electric Company, Tonic Acquisition Corp and Vital Signs, Inc. (the "Company"), at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), each share of the Company's common stock issued and outstanding was automatically converted into the right to receive $74.50 in cash, without interest (the "Merger Consideration").
(2)	Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each outstanding option to purchase the Company's common stock ("Company Stock Option"), whether or not then vested or exercisable, was cancelled and terminated and converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the excess of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price of such Company Stock Option, multiplied by the number of shares of common stock covered by such Company Stock Option less applicable taxes required to be withheld.
(3)	50 percent of the options are exercisable immediately and an additional 25 percent of the options are exercisable on each of the first and second anniversary of the grant.
(4)	These options were reported in the Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2006.
(5)	These options vest in 25 percent installments beginning one year from the date of grant.
(6)	These options vest in four equal annual installments beginning one year from the date of grant.
(7)	These options vest in four equal annual installments starting on May 8, 2009.

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